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ihiteti Ctuttt MYRGN H. MATSON, OF HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent N 96,454, dated November 2, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in thesevLetters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that l, MYnoN H. liIATsoN, ot' Horseheads, in the countyot'Chemung, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in \Vater--\\'he.els; and do hereby declare that thethllowing is a full7 clear-,and exact description thereoi, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' referencemarked thereon, making a part ot' this specification.

The nature ot' my invention consists in the construction ot' aunter-wheel, hy means of which the speed ot' the machinery can hecontrolled at. will, and in th'o arrangement of the devices, which willhereafter be fully set forth and described.

Figure 1 is a bottom View of my invention.

Figure 2 is a section view ot' the saine, represented upside down.

Letter A represents a circular cap, which encloses the curb B and wheelC, and is so armnged that it can be raised and lowered, so as toregulate the flow oi' water upon the wheel.

This wheel C rests upon the flume D, and is composed ot' a number oftiers or compartments, placed one above the other, through which are cutthe openings t'o'r the discharge ot water.

These openings are so arranged that each one discharges the waterdownward, i'nnnediately behind the one justin front of it, which firststrips the verge ot' the wheel, and then reacts, in aI right line to thebody ot' deadwater, or cylinder end otl the wheel.

In the top ot the wheel there is an indentation formed, which is coveredover by the at plate G, which rests upon the top of the curb B.

This' curb is also formed ot' tiers or compartments supportedl bypillars or columns.A

Between these tiers there is Ypivoted a number of chutes, E, which guidethe water to .the wheel, and should he so hung that obstructions canpass through without injuring them. The inner edges of the tiers whichcompose the curb are turned upward, so as 'to t'orm a rim, against whichthe ends otI the chutes are pressed by the water.

By raising or lowering the cap A, the water can be made to pass throughonly one of the compartments of the wheel, when a low rate of speed isrequired, or can be made to open all at once, when a greater one iswanted. A

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

The combination ofthe cap A, curb B, consisting of a number ot' tiers,between which the chutes E are hinged at one end, and the wheel C, allconstructed to operate substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, Il have hereunto set my handand seal, this 4th day of May,

M. H. MATSOY. [1.. SV.]

Vitnesses:

, THOMAS STONE,

STEPHEN WINFIELD.

